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                                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 313

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Representatives Zellinsky, Schmidt, Haugen and Hine

Read first time 1/23/87 and referred to Committee on Local Government.

AN ACT Relating to elections for park and recreation district commissioners; and amending RCW 36.69.090.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 36.69.090, chapter 4, Laws of 1963 as last amended by section 30, chapter 126, Laws of 1979 ex. sess. and RCW 36.69.090 are each amended to read as follows:

          Elections for park and recreation district commissioners shall be held biennially in conjunction with the general election ((on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November)) in each odd-numbered year.  Residence anywhere within the district shall qualify an elector for any position on the commission ((after the initial election.  Following the initial election declarations of candidacy for the office of commissioner shall be filed with the county auditor not more than sixty nor less than forty-six days prior to said election.  Any candidate may withdraw his declaration at any time to and including the first Friday after the last day for filing a declaration of candidacy.  All names of candidates to be voted upon shall be printed upon the ballot alphabetically in a group under the designation of the title of the offices for which they are candidates.  There shall be no rotation of names)).  Elections shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Title 29 RCW dealing with general elections.  All commissioners shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified and assume office in accordance with RCW 29.04.170.  At the first election following the formation of the district, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall serve for ((a)) terms of ((six years, the two candidates receiving the next highest number of votes shall serve for)) four years, and the ((two)) three candidates receiving the next highest number of votes shall serve for two years.  Thereafter all commissioners shall be elected for ((six)) four year terms:  PROVIDED, That if there would otherwise be two commissioners elected at the November 1987 general election, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall serve a four-year term, and the commissioner receiving the second highest number of votes shall serve a two-year term.